Fake honey, the facts from the hive

04/09/2018
/ 10:46

Luke Grant

Australia’s biggest listed honey company and some of the country’s largest supermarket chains are facing accusations of selling fake honey. Testing at a leading international scientific lab that specialises in honey fraud detection has found almost half the samples selected from supermarket shelves was “adulterated”, meaning it had been mixed with other substances. Bee-Keeper Richard Jenson from Kingaroy tells Luke what is really in some honey.